Henry leppert



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H. LEPPERT. ANTIFRIGTION WA SHER FOR HII}IGES.

N0. 605,105- .Patented June 7l898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY LEPPERT, OFNEW BRITAIN, CNNEOTIOU'I, ASSIGNOR T THE RUSSELL & ERWIN MANUFAOTURING COMPANY, OB SAME PLAGE.

ANTIFRICTION-WASEIFER FOR HINGES.

SP'EGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 605,105, dated June '7, 1898.

Applicatibn filed August 18, 1397.

T0 all whom zit may concern:

Be it known that1, HENRY LEBPERT, a citizen of the United Stabes, residinf; a1: New Britain, in the eoun ty 0f Hartf0rd and. State of Conneeticut, have invented eertaii1 new and useful Improvements in Antifrieion-Washers for Hinges, of Which the following is a specification.

My invention relates 110 improvements in antifrictionwashers for hingeS and "oth'e'r bearings; and the main object Cf my improvement is simplicity a11d eeonomy in eonstruetion.

In fhe aoeompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hinge w1'tsh two of my washers applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an en- -1arged p1an vi ew of n1y said. washer; and Fig.

3 is a vertieal seetion thereof, the balls being shown in ia1evation.

A A designate the leaves 0f a 1o0se pinhinge, am]. B B designate my washer asinterposed between the knuckles of the hinge. The said washear is eoin'posed of an outer ring} 4, a Series of ba1ls 5;and an inner fing 6. B0th of the ringe J: 6 ;"are preferab ly of 1ess dim'ensions in the axial direetion 0f thewasher than the diameter 0f the balls, so that the the ba11 conta'et-fade of said. ring partially embrac'e the ba1ls, as shown. 111 is of course obvious that'i1istead .of swaging both ends 0f 55m1 No 648,672. (N0 model.)

thetube simultaneously 110 eomplete the inner;ring one end. thereof may be given its de s ired,form before plaeing it winhin the cire1e of bal1s and one end on1y be given the final shape by swaging ib over upon 11he balls. "Whenplaeed upon a hinge, the hinge-pintle extend s through the inner ring.

I amaware that aforeign patent shows and deseribes an antifriction-washer eonsistin g of an oute;r'ring, a series of balls, and an inner holding-ring formed of two flat p1ates oppo- .Site1ybeveled a1: the edge which faces the duced. without any parts that are 'l iabl e 110 beeome detached.

I elaim aS my invention- 3 The hereiri-described. antifriction-washer consisting of the Guter fing, th e s'eries of balls projecing from said ring, andan inner holding-ring eonsisting of a short tube formed in a single piece of thin metal, with both ends of ehe saidtube eurved over the Sa id. series of ba11s, substantially as described.

HENRY LEPPERT.

Witnes3es:

T. S. BISHOP, M. S. WIARD. 

